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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

pierre.vandervelden@pi.be

DESPLANQUE FARM Cemetery (La Chapelle d'Armentières) (Nord France)

Pte Charles Henry Davies 15/03/1915
for Becky McKenna and family
Pte Frank Dewsbury 29/10/1914
Frank enlisted in the Army at Walsall in 1905 and served most of his time in the Army in India.
Upon completin his term of engagement he returned home finding employment with the Great Western Railway at Wednesbury.
Recalled on reserve at the outbreak of war, he was drafted to France with his old rgt on Thursday 10/09/1914 and was killed in the front line trenches at Rue du Bois, near Fleurbaix.
The War Diary recorsd:
"29 October 1914 - 1am. Heavy firing on right. 2am. A little firing in front. 5am. Stood to arms. 8am. Capture two German prisoners. Little information except lack of food and they were Reserve Corps. Sniping by Germans during day. 5.30pm. R.E. arrived to put up wire entanglements.
Lieutenant Hughes and 1 man killed by shell.”
for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall

53 casualties

ALDRED W
United Kingdom Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 21/08/1915 Service No: 7378 C.13.

ANDERTON TOM
United Kingdom Rifleman Rifle Brigade "B" Coy. 4th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 26/08/1915 Service No: S/6918 A.7.

ARTHURS FRANK STANLEY
United Kingdom Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 21/08/1915 Service No: 8433 C.14.

AVERILL A
United Kingdom Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 02/11/1914 Service No: 9974 A.16.

BAKER J
United Kingdom Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Bn. Date of Death: 26/05/1915 Service No: SR/156 B.13.

BANCROFT EDWARD HENRY
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 42 Date of Death: 04/06/1915 Service No: 755 B.9.

BARNEY J
United Kingdom Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 10/12/1914 Service No: 7632 B.18.

BEACHAM CHARLES
United Kingdom Corporal Rifle Brigade 4th Bn. Age: 39 Date of Death: 25/08/1915 Service No: S/6999 B.6.

BROWN F J
United Kingdom Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Bn. Date of Death: 28/08/1915 Service No: 3852 A.6.

BUSS J H
Australian Private Australian Infantry A.I.F 23rd Bn. Date of Death: 13/06/1916 Service No: 3763 A.5.

CARROLL ALEXANDER
Australian Private Australian Infantry A.I.F 23rd Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 13/06/1916 Service No: 304 A.4.

COOPER W C
United Kingdom Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Bn. Age: 32 Date of Death: 30/08/1915 Service No: S/8365 C.3.

CORFIELD JAMES
United Kingdom Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 33 Date of Death: 30/10/1914 Service No: 9242 A.14.

COWARD D
United Kingdom Sapper Royal Engineers 12th Field Coy. Date of Death: 03/03/1915 Service No: 25492 C.8.

COX T A
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd Bn. Age: 31 Date of Death: 07/12/1914 Service No: 9634 A.16.

COX W
United Kingdom Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 07/11/1914 Service No: 8893 A.17.

DARBY H V
United Kingdom Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Bn. Date of Death: 09/08/1915 Service No: S/6727 A.10.

DAVIDGE H J
United Kingdom Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Bn. Date of Death: 05/04/1915 Service No: 9152 C.10.

DAVIES C H
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 15/03/1915 Service No: 14936 C.6.

DAVIES JOHN WILLIAM
United Kingdom Private Yorkshire Regiment 8th Bn. Date of Death: 13/10/1915 Service No: 13599 C.1.

DEARMAN SAMUEL
United Kingdom Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 10/02/1915 Service No: SR/9857 B.15.

DEVALL C
United Kingdom Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 13/09/1915 Service No: 17451 D.4.

DEWSBURY F
United Kingdom Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 29/10/1914 Service No: 7597 A.15.

DYER L
United Kingdom Rifleman Rifle Brigade 3rd Bn. Date of Death: 21/10/1914 Service No: 464 A.12.

FINUCANE MICHAEL JOHN
Australian Private Australian Infantry A.I.F 23rd Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 14/06/1916 Service No: 2361 A.3.

FRANCIS T
United Kingdom Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Bn. Date of Death: 29/05/1915 Service No: L/6944 C.11.

HARVEY J
United Kingdom Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 11/06/1915 Service No: 10617 B.11.

HEYWOOD HENRY GEORGE
Australian Private Australian Infantry A.I.F 23rd Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 19/06/1916 Service No: 1729 A.1.

HILLIGAN THOMAS
United Kingdom Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders "A" Coy. 1st Bn. Age: 33 Date of Death: 30/05/1915 Service No: 9672 C.12.

HILLMAN FREDERICK ERNEST
Australian Lance Corporal Australian Infantry A.I.F 23rd Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 19/06/1916 Service No: 1010 B.1.

HUNTER A
United Kingdom Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Bn. Date of Death: 27/08/1915 Service No: 1918 C.4.

JARVIS CORNELIUS EVELYN
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 04/06/1915 Service No: 10181 B.8.

LARGE G
United Kingdom Corporal Middlesex Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 14/03/1915 Service No: 6656 C.7.

LEWIS CECIL BURROWS
Australian Lance Corporal Australian Infantry A.I.F 27th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 06/06/1916 Service No: 2187 B.3.

MALLETT ARTHUR
United Kingdom Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 18 Date of Death: 07/11/1914 Service No: 10036 A.18.

MANLEY ALAN RICHARD
Australian Lance Corporal Australian Engineers 7th Field Coy. Age: 36 Date of Death: 22/05/1916 Service No: 2656 B.4.

MARSHALL J
United Kingdom Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Bn. Date of Death: 06/06/1915 Service No: 10962 B.10.

McMANUS C
United Kingdom Corporal Leinster Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 07/01/1915 Service No: 4154 B.16.

METCALFE HARRY
Australian Private Australian Infantry A.I.F 23rd Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 18/06/1916 Service No: 2401 A.2.

O'REILLY T
United Kingdom Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 13/09/1915 Service No: 10906 D.3.

PREECE T
United Kingdom Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 21/08/1915 Service No: 16949 C.15.

RAYMENT T
United Kingdom Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Bn. Date of Death: 11/06/1915 Service No: 8928 C.9.

ROSE CLEMENT
United Kingdom Private Yorkshire Regiment 8th Bn. Age: 18 Date of Death: 13/10/1915 Service No: 15734 C.2.

SHARMAN TOM CORBETT
United Kingdom Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 18/12/1914 Service No: 9143 B.17.

SHIELDS J
United Kingdom Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 08/09/1915 Service No: 17448 D.2.

SLAYMARK V G
United Kingdom Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Bn. Date of Death: 25/08/1915 Service No: 6/510 A.8.

SMITH L
United Kingdom Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Bn. Date of Death: 28/05/1915 Service No: G/2009 B.12.

STEPHENS CHARLES
United Kingdom Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 14/08/1915 Service No: 14163 A.9.

SUTHERLAND A
United Kingdom Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 07/09/1915 Service No: 3197 D.1.

SWEETMAN A
United Kingdom Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Bn. Date of Death: 25/05/1915 Service No: SR/10829 B.14.

TRUSCOTT W H
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Bn. Date of Death: 02/08/1915 Service No: 12080 B.5.

WESTON F J
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 06/06/1915 Service No: 773 B.7.

WILKINSON JAMES
United Kingdom Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 14/11/1914 Service No: 7617 A.13.

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